Spoked wheel constructed of pressed or stamped metal sheets



Jan. 4,v 1927.

C. REYNERI SPOKED WHEEL CONSTRUCTED OF PRESSED OR TAMPED METAL SHEETS l Filed Nov. 3o, 1925 Patented Jan. 4, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,613,121 PATENT OFFICE.

canto REYNERI, or TURIN, ITALY.

SPOKED WHEEL CONSTRUCTED F PRESSED OR STAMPED METAL SHEETS.

Application led November 30, 1925, Serial No. 72,163, and in Italy December 6, 1924.

This invention has for its object new and useful improvements in the construction. of

' spoked wheels of pressed or stamped4 metal sheets and consists of strengthening means by which the wheel is made strong and light.

and can be easily and cheaply assembled, finished and finally trued up.

Said strengthening means consist of a spider of stamped sheet metal made in two l0 parts brought together inside the wheel in such a way as to strengthen the hub and a portion of the spokes. The two parts of the yspider are provided with inner bushes fitted on the ends of the tubes through which pass the attachment bolts of the wheels, while g corresponding bushes also directed inwardly are provided on the half wheels and slipped into the opposite ends of said tubes.

Moreover the felly is of a particular form, so that lit can be electrically welded to the `rim and contributes to -render the wheel lighter, more resilient and of cheaper construction than the ordinary spokedwheels. vA wheel constructed in accordance with this invention shows further the advantage that, its parts being electrically instead of autogeneously welded together, will not undergo any deformation during the fitting of therim and the connection will be even and sure and will not require any nishing, this resulting in an economical advantage.

The annexed drawings show by wa of example a constructional form of the w eel.

Fig. 1 is a partial front view sectioned on l lline A--B of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line C--D-E of Figyl. v Fig. 3 is on an enlarged scale a cross section of a spoke on line F-G of Fi 1. Fig. 4 s

tail of the connectionbetween fell and rim. Referring to the drawings, 1 enotesthe wheel rim, 2 and 2 the two halves :torm- V ing the wheel body soldered together along v the flanged edges .3 and rovided at their e peripher ,with annular e es '4,projecting outward .y onwhich rests t e rim 1. The annular edge 4 will be conveniently bevelled as indicated by 5 on the drawing.

l0 I The two halves of the wheel body enclose a spider 6.6 also constituted by two halves.

of stamped sheet metal.

'Onthe two halves of the wheel body are formed the bushes 7 (Fig. 2), which are pressed `in a Iconical form and then made ows on an enlarged sca e a .def

cylindrical after assemblage and welding of the said two halves.

f Thebushes 7 are connected through tubular cross pieces 8 mounted thereon and on which are Iitted bushes 9, similar to bushes 7', formed on the two halves of the spider 6.6. l

lThe hub of the spider 6.6 fits with itsin-4 ner periphery exactly on the-inner face of the hub of the wheel body and at its outer periphery it is provided with edges 11 extending as 'far as the periphery 10 of the hub of the wheel body forming a strong rib.

The spokes of the spider 6.6 project into the spokes of the wheel body 2.2 for a length that varies according to each particular case, their width in the connection plane bein somewhat 'smaller than that of the whee spokes. Said spokes 6.6 are provided with edges 12 (Figs. 1 and 3) constituting an extension of the edges 11; in the plane perpendicular to the connection plane their width corresponds to the internal width of the f spokes against the walls of which they rest.

The assemblage of this wheel will be convenientlyfeiected in the following manner:

The cross piece 8 and one half-Spider 6 are fitted in the half wheel 2 conveniently c arranged. The half-spider 6 is then mounted on the half-spider 6 and then the half wheel 2', the bushes 7 of which lit into the v cross pieces 8.

Having thus effected a preliminar assemblage of the wheel, the welding willbe carried on along the edge 3 andv then the rim is fitted on the wheel body and welded thereon as described while the bushes 7 will be made cylindrical by means of suitable pins in a final operation of trueing the different wheel pieces by means of a press.

The length of the spider 6.6and the thickness ofthe metal sheet will be chosen in each case according to the required strengthening action.

What I claim is: f

1. Improvements in spoked wheels constructed of pressed or stampedmeta'lsheets,

oftwo halves of pressed sheet steel enclosed in the two halves of the Wheel body and cor-l responding with the hub and the spoke poi'-,

tion adjacent to said hub.

3. A spoked Wheel comprising two halves constructed of pressed or stamped sheet metal, a strengthening spider comprising a hub portion which fits with its inner periphery on the inner face ofthe Wheel body and at its outer periphery beingprovided with supporting anfges forming a rib between the periphery o the spider and the periph ery of the wheel hub, and spokes provided in the connection plane with supporting flanges constituting extensions of the afore-v said flanges and bearing perpendicularly to said plane against the inner Walls of the spokes of the wheel body 4. A spoked Wheel comprising two halves constructed of pressed or stamped sheet metal, a strengthening spider constituted by two halves of pressed sheet metal enclosed in the two halves of the Wheel body, tubes for the reception of connecting bolts, openings in the hub portion Aof the Wheel having flanges fitted into the ends of said tubes, and openings in the hub portion of said spider haging flanges srrounding the ends. of said tu es. f

. In testimony that I claim.v the foregoing asl my invention, I have signedl my name. CARLO REYNERI. 

